2012 Tulane Green Wave football team

The 2012 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Curtis Johnson. The Green Wave played home games in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and competed in the West Division of Conference USA. This was their final season in Conference USA as the prepared to move to the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 2–10, 2–6 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the West Division.

2012 Tulane Green Wave football
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionWest Division
2012 record2–10 (2–6 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorEric Price
Co-defensive coordinatorJon Sumrall
Co-defensive coordinatorLionel Washington
Home stadiumMercedes-Benz Superdome
(Capacity: 73,208)
2012 Conference USA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
UCF xy  7 –1     10 –4  
East Carolina x  7 –1     8 –5  
Marshall  4 –4     5 –7  
Memphis  4 –4     4 –8  
UAB  2 –6     3 –9  
Southern Miss  0 –8     0 –12  
West Division
Tulsa xy$  7 –1     11 –3  
SMU  5 –3     7 –6  
Rice  4 –4     7 –6  
Houston  4 –4     5 –7  
UTEP  2 –6     3 –9  
Tulane  2 –6     2 –10  
Championship: Tulsa 33, UCF 27
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

Pre-season

Recruits

Cairo Santos

Orleans Darkwa

Trent Mackey

Roster
2012 Tulane Green Wave football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 1 Devin Powell Fr
WR 3 Ryan Grant  Jr
WR 8 Marc Edwards  Fr
WR 9 Wilson Van Hooser  Jr
WR 10 Alec Macias Fr
QB 11 Ryan Griffin  Sr
QB 12 DJ Ponder  Sr
RB 13 Derrick Strozier  Jr
WR 15 Devon Breaux Fr
QB 16 Jordy Joseph So
WR 22 Jamar Thomas Jr
RB 24 Stephen Barnett Sr
RB 25 Josh Rounds Fr
RB 26 Orleans Darkwa Jr
RB 28 Rob Kelley Sr
RB 32 Danté Butler So
RB 33 Lazedrick Thompson Fr
WR 36 Devin Boutte  Fr
WR 39 Keith Harvey II So
FB 40 Taylor Bullock  So
WR 42 Carlos Wilson  So
WR 46 JoJo Dobbs Jr
OT 61 Colton Hanson Fr
C 64 Mike Henry  Jr
C 65 Zach Morgan  Sr
OT 66 Nathan Shienle Fr
OG 67 Bob Bradley Fr
OL 68 Greg Thomson  Fr
OT 70 Sean Donnelly So
OG 72 Rio Mares  Jr
OG 73 Alex Paul Fr
OG 74 Adam Skidmore  So
OT 75 Arturo Uzdavinis Fr
OT 76 Nate Skold Fr
OL 77 Preston Paine So
OT 78 Todd Jacquet Fr
OT 79 Eric Jones  Sr
WR 80 Justyn Shackleford So
WR 81 Sydie London Fr
WR 82 Xavier Rush So
TE 83 Evan Tatford So
TE 84 Stephen Suchy Jr
WR 85 Larry Dace Fr
WR 86 Brent Comardelle Jr
TE 87 Josh Drum Fr
TE 88 Matt Marfisi  So
WR 89 Jacob Davis Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
S 1 Shakiel Smith Sr
CB 2 Darion Monroe Fr
S 5 Brandon LeBeau So
CB 6 Lorenzo Doss Fr
S 7 Fudge Van Hooser Fr
CB 10 Ryan Travis Sr
CB 12 Kedrick Banks Fr
CB 14 Jordan Batiste Fr
CB 17 Alex Lauricella  Sr
S 18 Devon Walker  Sr
LB 20 Trent Mackey (S) Sr
S 21 Kyle Davis Jr
CB 23 Kendrell Washington Sr
LB 27 Chris Hanuscin Sr
DB 27 Richard Carthon Fr
S 29 Renaldo Thomas So
LB 34 Darryl Farley  Sr
S 35 Sam Scofield So
S 37 LJ Parker  So
S 38 Anthony Bronzo So
DE 41 Aaron Bryant  Fr
LB 43 David Laborde Fr
CB 44 Kendrick Washington Sr
LB 45 Matthew Bailey So
LB 47 Cameron DeJean  So
LB 48 Royce LaFrance Fr
LB 49 Kerchal Byrd  So
DE 50 Austen Jacks Sr
DE 51 Michael Pierce, Jr. (I) So
LB 52 Dominique Robertson Jr
LB 53 Andre Robinson  So
DT 54 Devin Williams  Jr
DT 55 Taylor Perry  Fr
LB 57 Zach Davis Jr
LB 58 Brandon Schmidt So
LB 59 Ray Oppman  So
LB 60 Jacques Zelnik Fr
LB 63 Logan Hamilton Jr
DE 90 Wendell Beckwith Jr
DT 92 Julius Warmsley Jr
DT 93 Kenny Welcome  So
DE 94 Casey Blum  Sr
DT 96 Corey Redwine  Fr
DT 99 Calvin Thomas Fr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P, K 6 Steven Broccoli Fr
P 16 Jonathan Ginsburgh Jr
K 19 Cairo Santos Jr
K 30 Ryan Rome  Jr
P, K 31 Peter Picerelli Fr
K 45 Stephen Purcell Sr
P, K 91 Logan Hilton Fr
DS 97 Billy Johnson Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Eric Price – Offensive Coordinator
  • Jon Sumrall – Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line
  • Lionel Washington – Co-Defensive Coordinator/Secondary
  • David Johnson – Tight Ends/Running Backs
  • Barry Lamb – Linebackers/Special Teams
  • John McDonell – Offensive Line
  • Mike Neu – Quarterbacks
  • Jason Rollins – Secondary
  • Keith Williams – Wide Receivers
  • Doug Lichtenberger – Assistant AD for Football Operations/Recruiting
  • Kwahn Drake – Graduate Assistant Coach, Defense
  • Chad Jenkins – Graduate Assistant Coach, Defense
  • Mike McCarthy – Graduate Assistant Coach, Offense
  • Casey Robottom – Graduate Assistant Coach, Offense
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 9, 2012

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 pmRutgers*
CBSSNL 12–2426,059
September 811:00 amat Tulsa
FSNL 10–4517,880
September 2211:00 amOle Miss*
  • Mercedes-Benz Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
FSNL 0–3928,913
September 293:30 pmLouisiana–Monroe*
  • Mercedes-Benz Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
CSTL 10–6318,063
October 64:00 pmat Louisiana–Lafayette*
Cox 4/ESPN3L 13–4129,758
October 1312:00 pmSMU
  • Mercedes-Benz Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
CSSW 27–2611,519
October 207:00 pmat UTEP
L 20–2423,234
October 272:30 pmUAB
  • Mercedes-Benz Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
W 55–4512,531
November 32:30 pmRice
  • Mercedes-Benz Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
L 47–4915,467
November 106:00 pmat Memphis
L 23–3718,796
November 172:30 pmEast Carolina
  • Mercedes-Benz Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA
CSTL 23–2814,041
November 242:30 pmat Houston
FSNL 17–4025,402

[3][4]

Game summaries

Rutgers
See also: 2012 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team
Rutgers at Tulane[5]
1 234Total
• Rutgers 0 10014 24
Tulane 0 309 12
  • Location: New Orleans, LA
  • Game start: 7:00 PM CDT
  • Game attendance: 26,059
  • Game weather: Indoors
  • Television network: CBS Sports Network


Tulsa
See also: 2012 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team
Tulane at Tulsa[6]
1 234Total
Tulane 3 007 10
• Tulsa 14 21010 45
  • Location: Tulsa, OK
  • Game start: 11:00 AM CDT
  • Game attendance: 17,880
  • Television network: FSN

While the team trailed 35–3, senior Devon Walker fractured his cervical spine after colliding head-on with a teammate during a tackle.[7]

Ole Miss
See also: 2012 Ole Miss Rebels football team
Ole Miss at Tulane[8]
1 234Total
• Ole Miss 26 0103 39
Tulane 0 000 0
  • Location: New Orleans, LA
  • Game start: 11:00 AM CDT
  • Game attendance: 28,913
  • Game weather: Indoors
  • Television network: FSN

Louisiana–Monroe
See also: 2012 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team
Louisiana–Monroe at Tulane[9]
1 234Total
• UL-Monroe 21 14217 63
Tulane 0 307 10
  • Location: New Orleans, LA
  • Game start: 2:30 PM CDT
  • Game attendance: 18,063
  • Game weather: Indoors
  • Television network: CST

Louisiana–Lafayette
See also: 2012 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team
Tulane at Louisiana-Lafayette[10]
1 234Total
Tulane 0 1003 13
• UL-Lafayette 3 21143 41
  • Location: Lafayette, LA
  • Game start: 4:00 PM CDT
  • Game attendance: 29,758
  • Television network: Cox4, ESPN3

SMU
See also: 2012 SMU Mustangs football team
SMU at Tulane[11]
1 234Total
SMU 3 3317 26
• Tulane 10 1007 27
  • Location: New Orleans, LA
  • Game start: 12:00 PM CDT
  • Game attendance: 11,519
  • Game weather: Indoors
  • Television network: CSS

UTEP
See also: 2012 UTEP Miners football team
Tulane at UTEP[12]
1 234Total
Tulane 7 1003 20
• UTEP 7 1700 24
  • Location: El Paso, TX
  • Game start: 7:00 PM MDT
  • Game attendance: 23,234

UAB
See also: 2012 UAB Blazers football team
UAB at Tulane[13]
1 234Total
UAB 7 101414 45
• Tulane 14 17717 55
  • Location: New Orleans, LA
  • Game start: 2:30 PM CDT
  • Game attendance: 12,531
  • Game weather: Indoors

Rice
See also: 2012 Rice Owls football team
Rice at Tulane
(Homecoming game)[14]
1 234Total
• Rice 14 14714 49
Tulane 7 3289 47
  • Location: New Orleans, LA
  • Game start: 2:30 PM CDT
  • Game attendance: 15,467
  • Game weather: Indoors

Memphis
See also: 2012 Memphis Tigers football team
Tulane at Memphis[15]
1 234Total
Tulane 10 337 23
• Memphis 6 10714 37
  • Location: Memphis, TN
  • Game start: 6:00 PM CST
  • Game attendance: 18,796

East Carolina
See also: 2012 East Carolina Pirates football team
East Carolina at Tulane[16]
1 234Total
• E Carolina 0 1477 28
Tulane 7 637 23
  • Location: New Orleans, LA
  • Game start: 2:30 PM CST
  • Game attendance: 14,041
  • Game weather: Indoors
  • Television network: CST

Houston
See also: 2012 Houston Cougars football team
Tulane at Houston[17]
1 234Total
Tulane 0 7100 17
• Houston 17 3713 40
  • Location: Houston, TX
  • Game start: 3:30 PM CST
  • Game attendance: 25,402
  • Television network: FSN

Statistics

As of November 17, 2012[4]

Team
Team Opp
Scoring 240 421
  Points per Game 21.8 38.3
First Downs 194 277
  Rushing 39 136
  Passing 130 118
  Penalty 25 23
Total Offense 3445 5200
  Avg per Play 4.7 6.3
  Avg per Game 313.2 472.7
Fumbles-Lost 18–11 17–9
Penalties-Yards 70–600 60–577
  Avg per Game 5.8–54.5 5.0–52.5
Team Opp
Punts-Yards 63–2580 41–1670
Avg per Punt 41.0 40.7
Time of Possession/Game 29:21 30:39
3rd Down Conversions 62/164 71/152
4th Down Conversions 4/17 6/14
Touchdowns Scored 26 55
Field Goals-Attempts 20–20 13–19
PAT-Attempts 24–25 52–53
Attendance 126,593 89,668
  Games/Avg per Game 7/18,085 5/22,417

Score by quarters
1 2 3 4OT Total
Tulane 58 65 41 760 240
Opponents 101 134 83 1030 421

Rushing
Name GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G
Rob Kelley11–480292112813.501525.5
Orleans Darkwa8–570247292183.133227.2
Dante Butler11–13412271153.401510.5
Josh Rounds9–017444402.4074.4
Derrick Strozier9–14131123.0061.3
Stephen Barnett11–312022.0020.2
DJ Ponder2–25036−36−7.200−18.0
Devin Powell2–1142367−44−3.1010−22.0
TEAM4–05056−56−11.200−14.0
Ryan Griffin8–82928128−100−3.406−12.5
Total112597713394321.733239.3

Passing
Name GP-GS Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G
Ryan Griffin8–8139.66209–328–763.724251879303.1
DJ Ponder2–271.7735–83–542.2333271166.5
Devin Powell2–185.4730–57–352.6255166127.5
Ryan Grant11–110.000–1–00.00000.0
Peter Picerelli11–0−200.000–1–10.00000.0
Total11120.08274–470–1658.330132179273.9

Receiving
Name GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
Ryan Grant11–1163104116.566894.6
Rob Kelley11–4463407.443130.9
Xavier Rush11–13743911.946239.9
Justyn Shackleford9–82843115.427147.9
Marc Edwards11–21923612.417921.5
Josh Rounds9–014785.60218.7
Dante Butler11–112635.20145.7
Derrick Strozier9–111605.501310.0
Wilson Van Hooser11–11017617.643516.0
Orleans Darkwa8–59434.80135.4
Matt Marfisi11–88202.5061.8
Sydie London10–36386.30113.8
Evan Tatford10–46203.30102.0
Brent Comardelle10–03279.00102.7
Devin Boutte7–0166.0060.9
Stephen Barnett11–31−5−5.000−0.5
Total11274301311.02179273.9

Defense
Name GP-GS Tackles Sacks Pass Defense Fumbles Blkd
Kick		 Saf
Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF
Darion Monroe11–115430841.0–20–00–0003–92000
Zach Davis11–85028785.0–162.0–111–35320–0000
Darryl Farley11–92624503.5–141.0–90–0200–0100
Ryan Travis11–113217493.5–171.0–112–96701–0100
Shakiel Smith10–8339421.0–10–01–39501–0000
Lorenzo Doss11–8318390–00–04–89201–0000
Austen Jacks11–112017378.5–514.5–390–0010–0000
Jordan Batiste11–9298371.0–10–01–0400–0000
Sam Scofield9–22110311.0–10–02–30100–0100
Dominique Robertson10–1238312.5–81.0–50–0000–0100
Matthew Bailey11–8207272.0–50–01–37430–0000
Kenny Welcome11–101313263.0–141.5–100–0200–0200
Julius Warmsley10–91114255.0–122.0–70–0030–0120
Logan Hamilton11–0147215.5–130–00–0000–0000
Calvin Thomas11–0911202.0–142.0–140–0100–0000
Andre Robinson11–0109190–00–00–0000–0000
Corey Redwine10–3127191.0–20–00–0000–0100
Royce LaFrance11–1117182.5–41.0–10–0100–0000
Aaron Bryant10–9108182.0–51.0–40–0121–0000
Kyle Davis11–097160–00–00–0000–0000
Cameron DeJean7–067130–00–00–0000–0000
Devon Walker2–292111–20–00–0000–0000
Brandon LeBeau11–05380–00–00–0000–0000
Alex Lauricella10–06280–00–00–0101–0000
Renaldo Thomas9–12570–00–00–0100–0000
Taylor Bullock11–06060–00–00–0000–0000
Richard Carthon11–05160–00–00–0000–0000
Rob Kelley11–43250–00–00–0000–0000
Devin Boutte7–04040–00–00–0000–0000
Wendell Beckwith5–03141.0–10–00–0001–0000
Kerchal Byrd9–03140–00–00–0000–0000
Brent Comardelle10–01230–00–00–0000–0000
Devin Williams8–02020–00–00–0000–0000
Ryan Griffin8–82020–00–00–0000–0000
Adam Skidmore11–111010–00–00–0000–0000
Billy Johnson11–01010–00–00–0000–0000
Derrick Strozier9–11010–00–00–0000–0100
Ryan Grant11–111010–00–00–0000–0100
Dante Butler11–11010–00–00–0000–0100
Cairo Santos11–01010–00–00–0000–0000
Brandon Schmidt2–00110–00–00–0000–0000
Peter Picerelli11–01010–00–00–0000–0000
Total1150227677852–18317–11113–32635119–92920

Special teams
Name Punting Kickoffs
No. Yds Avg Long TB FC i20 50+ Blkd No. Yds Avg TB OB
Peter Picerelli61250741.1702111370
Jonathan Ginsburgh27336.54301000
Cairo Santos51326564.0302
Ryan Rome16060.000
Total63258041.070212137052332563.9302
Name Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Yds Avg TD Long No. Yds Avg TD Long
Derrick Strozier9819.001900000
Darion Monroe36321.005700000
Josh Rounds000002240318.3029
Richard Carthon00000816620.8030
Dante Butler0000058416.8025
Rob Kelley0000036521.7030
Total1214412.00573871818.9030

After the season

Cairo Santos

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